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‘Marathon in a sauna’: emergency projects aim to help B.C. salmon through drought
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s prolonged drought risks damaging the salmon population for generations and has…
Vancouver cop charged after pedestrian struck in city’s Downtown Eastside last year
VANCOUVER – Prosecutors in British Columbia have approved multiple charges against a Vancouver police officer…
COVID-19 numbers spike in B.C. but no more cases of new variant are detected
VANCOUVER – British Columbia is experiencing a spike in COVID-19 numbers, with cases, test positivity,…
BoC likely done raising interest rates, despite job gains last month: economists
OTTAWA – The Canadian economy added more jobs than expected in August, but most forecasters…
The IRS plans to crack down on 1,600 millionaires to collect millions of dollars in back taxes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS announced on Friday it is launching an effort to aggressively…
Joffre Lakes Park in B.C. stays shut another week after First Nations closure
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s environment minister says Joffre Lakes Provincial Park will remain closed until…
Boat fire injures one, sends plume of smoke over Vancouver’s False Creek
VANCOUVER – Fire has damaged a roughly 10 metre pleasure craft, one of the many…
Don’t try to dodge police checkpoints, B.C. fire zone residents are told
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. – Residents of wildfire evacuation zones around West Kelowna, B.C., are being…
A man is back in prison despite a deal reducing his sentence. He’s fighting to restore the agreement
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A lawyer for a man sent back to prison in South…
Bank of Canada may need to raise rates again, despite this week’s hold: Macklem
OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada may have to raise interest rates further, given that…
Prince George, B.C., explosion linked to pipe theft, gas buildup in structure: RCMP
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Police say the explosion that destroyed a building in downtown Prince…
Shuswap wildfire ruin is revealed as B.C. faces ‘sleeping giant’ of drought
SCOTCH CREEK, B.C. – All that stands of the Scotch Creek — Lee Creek firehall…
Children’s Ministry refuses to compensate youth it misinformed: B.C. Ombudsperson
VICTORIA – The refusal by the British Columbia government to compensate a young woman for…
Man convicted of killing woman in Saskatchewan arrested in B.C., parole suspended
VICTORIA – A man who brutally murdered an Indigenous woman in Saskatoon is back in…
On emotional bus tours, residents return to West Kelowna, B.C., to view the ashes
Annick deGooyer knew that her family’s home of more than 20 years had been destroyed…
A football coach who got job back after Supreme Court ruled he could pray on the field has resigned
SEATTLE (AP) — A high school football coach in Washington state who won his job…
Liberals could ask Bank of Canada to stop hiking interest rates: NDP
OTTAWA – The federal government should follow the lead of British Columbia’s premier and ask…
Rental of B.C. school for Sikh referendum vote is cancelled by district
SURREY, B.C. – Organizers of a Sikh community referendum on Punjabi independence say they’ve received…
Weakening economy convinces BoC to hold key rate, but door to more hikes stays open
OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada decided to hold its key interest rate steady on…
Honorary Oscars event celebrating Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks pushed back amid Hollywood strikes
Angela Bassett is going to have to wait a little bit longer to get her…
Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla Presley biopic to play Vancouver film festival
VANCOUVER – Sofia Coppola’s buzzworthy biopic “Priscilla,” about a young Priscilla Presley’s budding romance with…
Jeff Daniels looks back with stories and music in new Audible audio memoir ‘Alive and Well Enough’
NEW YORK (AP) — Jeff Daniels tackles his life and career in an absorbing, unconventional…
Alberta’s ‘war room’ is back with massive ad spend revealed in annual report
EDMONTON – New documents outline a massive increase in public funding for the Canadian Energy…
B.C. helps Williams Lake First Nation buy property at former residential school site
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. – A former British Columbia residential school site being investigated as a…